To the editor:

Fellow Islanders! Did you know there is a grassroots effort across Washington state to get an initiative on the November ballot to try to get BIG MONEY out of U.S. politics?

If passed, I-1329 (WAmend) would direct our state congress to request a U.S. constitutional amendment saying that “corporations are not people,” “money is not free speech” and the Legislature does have the power to regulate donations. This would overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United (2010) and McCutcheon (2014) decisions. Sixteen states have already passed a similar resolution.

We are a dedicated group of volunteers here on the island working to get enough signatures to help get this on the November state ballot. We have only five more weeks to gather signatures!

Please join us for a Bainbridge WAmend Community Information event at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 20 at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church.  Hear Fran Korten (Yes! Magazine), Peter Denis (UW), and Dee Eisenhauer (EHCC) all give insight as to why this issue is so critical to our democracy. Petitions will be available or you can sign the petition at Willows Naturally.

Please stand with us to defend the voices of voters in the political process.

KAREN AHERN, BOB BOSSERMAN, DEE EISENHAUER, PEGGI ERICKSON, JIM GLECKER, NORM KEEGEL, KATHRYN KEVE, TOM KILBANE, REED PRICE. ELLEN WILLIAMS AND ERNIE WILLIAMS

Bainbridge Island